1860s Decorative Objects

Antonio Tantardini (Italian, 1829-1879) An extraordinary Italian 19th century life size carved Carrara white marble sculpture of "A Young Child and a baby in a wicker crib...

This is a wonderful antique French Gonçalo Alves marquetry and ormolu mounted casket, circa 1860 in date. The casket of bureau form has a lift up top and is inlaid with a marquetry ...

Pair of hand painted Jacob Petit vases with ripple rim. Dark blue with finally decorated floral painting.

As opposed to the Mel Brooks parody of the Robin Hood story, it appears that Staffordshire in the mid 19th century depicted their men WITHOUT thights! This charming antique Staffordshire spill vase...

This extraordinary late 19th-century French patinated and gilt bronze centerpiece in the Napoleonic style, by Auguste Maximilien Delafontaine, is a tour-de-force of sculptural bronze...

A refined French lidded box, embelished all around with floral motifs in Black Forest style. Made of casted bronze with the original brown patina finish. The box is marked, L. Oudry & Cie. With key, lock is not working. Léopold Oudry...

Square box of Bresse-blue enamel with gilt bronze mounts. The five sides are composed of convex plates that are decorated with intricate golden arabesques and flower seeds. Enameled ...

A late Victorian Bronze Pointer by Pierre Jules Mene (1810-1879). Excellent patination, signed 'P.J. Mene' to base. Dimensions: H 11cm W 22cm D 9.5cm Origin: French Date: Circa...

Two festive Biedermeier silver candlesticks on a four-sided, curved base with a curved edge, baluster-shaped shaft with nodi, straight vertikal lines and folds across all parts, slig...

Description: Japanese Satsuma vase dating to the Meiji period (1868–1912). The base bears a stamped kanji mark indicating Genzan as the maker. The vase is finely decorated in overgla...

18th century Swedish Antique Rustic wooden bowl with nice patina from Dalarna Northern Sweden. The bowl has an oval shape. The surfaces are naturall...

Large gilted bronze 'Warwick' vase lamp by Barbedienne, Paris circa 1860 mounted on a portoro marble pedestal. fine and original patina led lamp 4w 230V measures: 35 X 23 cm, Hei...

Fannières Frères Desk Clock Time Allegory Chased gilt and silvered bronze Desk Clock With an allegorical theme of Time in the form of a cherub suppor...

Depiction of a seated, laughing female Buddha figure from a series of folk types. Full-figured body with the hair tied back tightly and the robe tightly fitting the body with wide sl...

An Outstanding Pair 19th Century Italian Hand-Carved Carrara Marble Busts of Apollo & Artemis, One Bust is Signed on the Back, "F Vichi". This pair of stunning marble busts, hand-car...

Exquisite Japanese Meiji period signed Imari ribbed porcelain deep charger, circa 1860, extremely intricately hand-painted on both sides in cobalt blue un...

This is an antique Victorian Coromandel scent bottle box of domed form with elaborate decorative brass mounts with inset attractive Pietra Dura cabochons, circa 1860 in date. The domed lid reveals three cut glass bottles with stoppers. The box has a working lock with key. Provenance: The Dr. Lawrie Webster Collection of Boxes...

French Sèvres turquoise-ground porcelain two-handled footed covered decorative urn / potpourri , dating to the mid 19th century. Executed in a refined classical form, the piece featu...

This pair of bronze torchieres with double brown and gold patina is represented by two women in an antique draped dress, one in the left arm and the other in the right arm a seven-li...

A magnificent and fully complete set of 5 Meissen figures emblematic of the senses: Hearing, smell, touch, taste, and sight, Modeled by J.J. Kändler and J.F. Eberlein. These figures ...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite original antique Victorian circa 1860 merry go round horse...

An exquisite pair of mid-19th century French porcelain urns by the celebrated Jacob Petit, one of the most imaginative and renowned porcelain artists of his time. These stunning cove...

Napoleon III-period papier-mâché and wood marquetry card box with original key. The lid is richly decorated with a polychromatic bunch of flowers in a central medallion with gilt fra...

This is a wonderful and highly decorative antique Victorian ormolu mounted coromandel four piece desk set by the renowned London maker of luxury items, Betjemann & Sons, cira 1860 in...

Beautiful antique Napoleon III tea box, crafted of black ebonised wood. The inlay is in Boulle style, marquetry of mother-of-pearl, brass and tortoise. The interior has tree compartm...

It is rare to find a pair of these candlesticks in a winning combination of classically styled silver plate paired with glass columns, here we have a set of four! Just back from o...

A handsome English dome-topped steamer or traveler's luggage trunk, circa 1858 - 1880, featuring a toleware enameled tin body, nail-head accents, brass hardware, and original opposin...

These are amazing and quite rare! Pair French Louis XVI style Antique Gilt Bronze Parrot Candelabra. Heavy and old. We know these are at least 19thc...

Meissen nice Potpourri vase: Monkey eating wine grapes / lady with boy The details are stunningly scupltured = finest modelling! Design: Johann Friedrich Eberlein (1696-1749) / Model 1002 Created 1748. Since 1735 second chief modeller of Meissen manufactory, Eberlein was one of the best contributors Johann J. Kaendler had. Made circa 1860 Hallmarked: Meissen Blue Sword Mark (glazed bottom) model number 1002 / painter's number 9 / former's number 70 First quality Specification: Excellently modelled bellied vase: The vase's base is of square form type, having four feet shaped as volutes / the vase is painted at front side - it is a picture in Watteau style, depicting a gallant couple situated in garden landscape. Additionally, sculptured decorations are attached to vase's wall - these are vine tendrils with grapes. Very special feature: A sculptured monkey's figurine eating grapes. - Further there is a lady visible - accompanied by little boy with basket...

American mahogany and églomisé banjo clock with original signed and numeral paper dial under glass, decorative painted and gilt throat panel, with a hinged painted and gilt door concealing the brass pendulum. Clock is in working condition with no issues. Signed by E. Howard and Co...

Luxury at its finest, high-end glass sculpture by Daum, France. The sculpture is a dolphin. The dolphin, made from clear crystal glass, is in motion on a sleek chrome standard. Fou...

A pair of 19th century French bronze figures of a boy and girl, each figure seated and dressed in robes, supported on finely cast gilt bronze cylindrical plinths...

A second half of the 19th century Scandinavian vanity mirror for kids. This Little hand painted in "Faux bois" technique mirror has a little...

A large Black Forest model of the Lion of Lucerne dated 1867, after Bertel Thorvaldsen, carved from stained linden wood, the dying lion depicted beside two c...

The acanthus handles with floral-garland looped attachments.

A pair of antique French candlesticks, made of gilded bronze. At the center a bowl made of red "Griotte" marble. Under the marble bowl foliage around the stem. Made in France, at the...

Polychrome alloy bronze garniture. Orientalist style, 1860. Machine clock signed 1570.

A very large and unusual 19th century French Louis XVI style dore bronze mounted Sevres cobalt blue ground box signed Sarat. This box is truly a masterpiece. Sevres boxes...

1850s French bronze portrait box. Portrait on paper, signed Leroy

The broad central band molded and painted with lotus flowers and scrolled foliage on an orange ground, the lower and upper registers with butterfly and floral decoration.

A very impressive 19th century Viennese enamel table cabinet having gilded ormolu semi clad maidens surrounding two cherubs and a figure supporting a watch case. Enamel panels aroun...

Depicting Hannah with draping robes holding Samuel in her left arm and placing a donation in a trunk with an engraved Menorah to its front, signed 'F. Andrei. Inv. E. Scolp. Roma 186...

We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare 1867 sterling silver hallmarked Asprey 166 Bond Street London Coromandel wood vanity dressing table box A very rare and high quality collectable piece, the box is solid Coromandel wood with brass edges, it’s a lovely dark timber with a similar grain to Rosewood. The suite inside is all sterling silver, fully hallmarked T.W for Thomas Whitehouse, the Queens head for Queen Victoria, the sideways facing Lion for Sterling silver, the Panther head for London and the date letter M for 1867 The box has Braham locks which were of such high quality Gillows of Lancaster an London used them on their finest furniture, at the back of the base section you have a hand engraved plaque which reads Asprey Maker 166 Bond Street London, in the middle of this plaque is a depression switch, if you press it a hidden drawer pops out of the bottom. The listing includes the original key The mirror pulls forward to reveal a hidden document folio...

A most important antique English silver plated centerpiece / six-light candelabra by the top-notch silversmith, Elkington and Co. with a date letter (F) for the year 1868. In the ...

With graphic detailing and chasing. On an ebony base.

Small, rectangular, enamel coffer decorated with mythological scenes that are framed with spiraling lines of ormolu and attached with flowers at the corners. The Rape of Proserpina by the god Pluto adorns the lid. The front and back of the box are decorated with images of Diana being woken by her nymphs and the Rape of Europa. The sides have images of Mercury educating Cupid and a bath scene...

Minton Majolica vase which features three merboys supporting a vessel adorned with seaweeds. The rim of the vase is modelled to depict breaking waves. Turquoise ground version. Colou...

This exceptional pair of vases is the result of the collaboration between Louis Constant Sevin, drawer and designer, and Ferdinand Barbedienne, bronze maker and founder of the famous...

Excellent large and rare Meissen figurine group from the 19th century: Apollo clothed with a cloak embraces Daphne from behind, who is fleeing from him and has already frozen into a ...

An unusual pair of French gilded bronze Baroque Revival cigar lighters, each having four ornate candle holders and a gas jet. The pierced foliat bases terminating in four lion masks ...

A Highly Important Viennese Enamel, Silver, Lapis Lazuli, and Rock Crystal Mounted Hinged Box, Attributed to Hermann Ratzersdorfer. The box is constructed from silver-gilt and fully ...

An exceptional, fine and impressive, pair of antique Victorian English cast sterling silver figural candlesticks; an addition of our orname...

Signed Machauld et Eug. Cornu – G. Viot et Cie Fondeurs Bust of a Greek goddess, made entirely of silvered bronze and gilded bronze. The tiara and collar necklace ornating the bust are finely decorated with stylized floral motifs of polychrome champlevé enamel. It rests on a molded base and square plinth made in red griotte marble. The sculptor Eugène Cornu (1827-1899), installed in Paris at N.29 rue Popincourt, after having worked as a designer and then director for the renowned company Tahan, worked closely with the « Compagnie des Marbres Onyx...

Great craftsmanship French gilt bronze and silvered brass three piece clock garniture from the mid 19th century. The set include a French ebauche clock 8-day brass time and strike mo...

The lacquer ground with a strong burgundy undertone. Well carved , colored and other wise decorated . The porcelain well in good Antique condition . Minor wear due to age and use .

An exceptional centerpiece signed Christofle artwork is silver-plated bronze with a very nice patina. The artistic part is a work of achievement; the base is pierced, composed of bra...

Inscribed "Rosa B" and stamped with the "Peyrol" foundry on the base.

This pair of candlesticks is composed of a cylindrical shaft in polished rhodonite, set within an elaborate mount of finely chased and gilded bronze. Each candlestick rests on a trip...

Circa 1860 grand scale pair of brass candlesticks, English. Square, cut corner bases. Well proportioned. Warm patina. One push rod lacking. Dent in one candle soccle. 11 7/8" h., 4 3...

An incredible and quite large Jeweled 19th-century Viennese enamel on silver cornucopia. This elaborate piece is constructed entirely of silver, with its surface meticulously covere...